A Green Lake art teacher gave presentations to her students on example issues: human trafficking, the opioid epidemic, images from the Syrian civil war. She then asked them to paint based off an emotional response to such world issues. The result has stirred up some controversy.

Though confusion continues to swirl around what the city’s historic preservation ordinance means for properties within the district, it’s clear that the ordinance is structured such that exterior renovations to “contributing” historic properties require a little extra effort.

City officials discovered that just because a hearing was called, people wouldn't necessarily show up Monday after the Ripon Common Council mandated that another session be held to allow the public a chance to learn more about the proposed downtown historic district.

Hosted by the Ripon Opioid Initiative of Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County (DFC), participants in a town hall Monday learned that the Ripon community is making headway toward addressing and combatting opioid addiction.